President Donald Trump alarmed European allies during the campaign when he suggested he might not defend NATO nations if they don’t fulfill their financial obligations, but he is not the first U.S. leader to express concerns that member countries don’t spend enough on their militaries.
Currently, only five of NATO’s 28 members — the U.S., Greece, Britain, Estonia, and Poland — meet the alliance’s target of spending at least 2 percent of their own GDP on defense, a fact that is especially concerning, experts say, because of Russia’s aggressive behavior.
While the alliance increased overall defense spending in 2015 for the first …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
